fake or florida? >> i'll go with florida again. >> bingo!onus manatee, which end is the end of a dildo? [ laughter ] >> seth: good call. give yourself two manatees. and contestant number three, can you hear me. [ laughter ] >> yes. >> seth: by the way, you should know that blindfold looks like a bra for your eyes. [ laughter ] a 326 pound man in vero beach punched a dominos delivery driver in the face because he forgot to bring garlic sauce. >> florida. >> amber, no. >> that did happen, but it was a 346 pound man. [ laughter ] >> seth: fake question. [ scratching ] [ crash ] all right. that was the sound of a raccoon pushing a satellite dish off of a carport which means it is time for the final round. [ cheering and applause ] >> final round. >> seth: okay, thank you, cassandra. thank you very much. okay, here we go, your final question. [ laughter ] cassandra, honey, you're still in the shot. you don't have to come all the way back. just -- >> sorry. >> seth: okay, all right. [ laughter ] >> seth: final question, here is your news item. thi

in florida.d be the governor's race, one that turns an entrepreneur against rick scott turned democrat charlie crist. he may have an advantage over scott, one of the least popular governors in the country. one more thing on this race. it could be one of the most expensive in history. not just florida's history. in any state election. scott set the record by spending $73 million of his own money in 2010 and chris warrens, he could spend $100 million, part of the democrats' push to get up their financial house in order, as well. they may spend up to $75 million. mark caputo is the political reporter for "the miami herald." he joins me now. mark, it's quite a couple of rates you have to cover this year. bellwether races in many ways. let's start with the special election. what have you been watching on the ground? we see both candidates are desperate not to have this race nationalized, but it seems like it's been nationalized. >> it's definitely been nationalized. the amount of anti-obamacare messag

and so florida never loved us. america never loved us is our clear proclamation that we have an understanding that we live in a state that shows no care for young people of color. >> i want to bring in legal analyst lisa green, and jelani cobb, director of institute for african-american studies at the university of connecticut. lisa, here's what i think, from -- to get to the technical aspect of the trial. there are so many different things that led to this verdict. particularly on the mistrial and the hung verdict. what i keep coming in on, and phillip talked about angela corey, whether the state did a good job of prosecuting the trial, the broader context. the use of deadly force is justifiable if michael dunn reasonably believes the force is necessary to prevent imminent death, great bodily harm to himself while resisting another's attempt to murder him or another. reasonably believed. the stand your ground law means he has no duty to retreat. that was in the jury instructions as well. how -- how -- what is goin

and that's what i think probably happens now where it is where does obama care stand in florida. well it's not a good place because we have a governor that's trying to thwart it at every turn unlike the governor of kentucky governor beshear he's doing a great job they have great navigators they're moving forward on it they're being very productive people are signing up in rapid succession here in florida rick scott is standing in the way of it there are no navigators are not helping at the not assisting it but his entire career larry you probably know this has been based on health care and making big money off of health care and in fact he was the head of his firm h.c.a. colombia that ended up having to pay the largest spine for fraud in the history of the united states of america at the time one point seven billion dollars fine for what they call up coding and up coatings kind of a fancy word for charging too much i used to be the attorney general we would have called it that and that's what it is and that's bad it's just a bad thing. why is it puzzled me and many others why as

jerry springer joins me with his take on the dysfunction in politics today plus former governor of florida charlie crist on losing faith with the republican party and looking for redemption and running again as a democrat saw the next on politicking with larry king. welcome to politicking with larry king so many people know jerry springer just from his infamous and it's. well but he's also has a bit of history in politics and he's never been shy about his liberals used thanks to do this terry some may suggest that the current condition in congress is similar to your show a dysfunctional family the only did you draw the comparison the only difference between the people in congress and the people on my show is that people in congress have more teeth. than that but other than that i can tell the difference. well i want one see here's here's what i think is a part of it is structural part of it has nothing to do with the quality of the people but it has more to do with the structure the system we ninety five percent of americans today live in a district which is either overwhelmingly republica

florida legislature does business.hing voters approved in 1992 when they decided that lawmakers should only be able to serve eight years in state office. it's created something of a butterfly effect in the state office. legislators end up getting caught up in a political revolving door with little time to build up any institutional knowledge. real understanding of the place too often resides with staffers, lobbyists and reporters and has even created a process for choosing the house speaker that some have described -- i have described as bizarre and others have called it potentially dangerous. by the time they reach their last two years in office, six years in advance. you get a person like eric eisnogle. 36-year-old lawmaker simultaneously running for a seat in orange county and to be the speaker of the house in 2021. equally as bizarre, next three speakers have already been picked. republicans who control both houses of the legislature designate designated steve crisafulli and two other successors. florida's former s

joining me now an old friend the former governor of florida charlie crist a one time republican turned independent turned democrat his new book the party's over how the extreme right hijacked the g.o.p. and i the game a democrat slams the republicans and offers what he calls a hopeful alternative to today's bitter extremes he joins me from orlando that having you with us charlie larry it's great to be with you always a pleasure thank you so much joy get into the book you recently said that you believe the cuban embargo has not worked and that you want it lifted a lot of people are starting to think that way but you once believed it would change your mind time i mean you know over a period of time you know you lead a policy you have an opportunity to work to be productive and if that doesn't happen after a certain period of time i think that logic and common sense tell you that you need to try something else you know larry they say the definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing and expecting a different result while i think it's time to try something different because the

florida is still struggling. kathleen was behind a bill that went into effect in july that has helped to streamline the foreclosure process. >> what we have send to the lenders was don't file the foreclosure unless you have all the ducks in the row. >> the fact that both sides banks and borrowers have been stalling in court. >> lenders are not in the business ever being property owners. there was no market for them to sell the property, i think the longer they kept it off their books might have been better for them. >> but florida's economy is seeing the first glimmer of recovery. the unemployment rate is the lowest in eight years and home prices are starting to appreciate. it's one reason why in january over 12,000 homes were moved to the auction block. the most homes to hit the market in 39 months. >> it's a very good time for banks to unload these properties and get them sold, particularly at the auction block where the winning bidders are required to pay with cash. >> but the it could mixed results for florid

i now, the florida statute, so people understand it, the florida statute on stand your ground allows person to use deadly force if they are not engaged in unlawful activities or in a place that they have a right to be, they have no duty to retreat. they have the right to stand their ground and meet force with force, including deadly force when they reasonably believe it is necessary. >> right. >> but who decides what is reasonable, congresswoman? >> but the main thing is you started the fight. >> right. >> you approach me. and i take up my gun. i shoot you, and i feel threatened. i mean, that's my story afterwards. that's my story, and i'm sticking to it. there is something wrong with that. >> and sticking to the story, both the zimmer case, which as you said stand your ground was part of the summations and the defense, and now this case, two very high profile cases, no conviction in either, you have a case of marissa alexander, same county as this case that we are dealing with now. and that prosecutor who you confronted by the way denied and fought for her having the right to use st

will you be able to practice law in florida? >> that is a great question, amy.cally, when i tell my story, there is a round of applause afterwards. unfortunately, my story does not have a happy ending. in spite of the many obstacles i have been able to overcome in life, even making the dean's list last year, i still would not be able to even sit for the bar once i graduate in may. >> could you explain what exactly it means to be disenfranchised in florida? what are all of the different things you are prohibited from doing? isin florida, when a person disenfranchised, they're basically stripped of their citizenship. for life. case, i ame in my unable to buy a home for my wife and kids anywhere i choose to buy a home. i am restricted in employment opportunities. i cannot vote. i cannot serve on a jury -- which was recently highlighted in the zimmerman trial. i am basically ostracized and forced to wear a scarlet letter of shame for the rest of my life. >> why are the laws so restricted in florida and what is the process for formerly incarcerated people to reclaim

do you still want to expand medicaid in florida?k, what i said is, when i receive the waivers from the federal government that's going to -- it allowed us to improve our medication -- existing medicaid program, so citizens get better medication, as long as -- while the federal government is going to pay 100%, i won't stand in the way as a legislature wanting to do more. the legislature made the decision -- we have three branches of government here, the legislature made the decision -- >> you're not for this. so you're really not for expanding medicaid. you would be okay to sign the bill if it came to your desk? >> what i'm saying is while the federal government will pay 1 % 100%, then if the legislature wants to go forward, i will be fine with that. but what i'm focused on is affordable, accessible health care, quality health care for our citizens. and what we're seeing out of obamacare is people are losing their insurance. they're losing their doctors. it is the opposite of what the president promised. >> now, let's talk about your

now florida is doing something very interesting. it is basically florida care.east some insurance. certainly with 20% of the population without health insurance. frankly, dismal numbers of those that have signed under the aca. the state has a lot to do. senator marco rubio and governor rick scott are fighting to change that. all the way to the supreme court to repeal obamacare. governor rick scott will be joining me in just a few moments. for now, taking a look at the markets. one heck of a turnaround. nicole petallides is standing by at the new york stock exchange. nicole: looking forward to that interview with rick scott. posting gains. really turning it around. the dow had been at 15,863. right now 15,981. of 18 points at one tenth of 1%. the s&p 500 is also gaining. you may did a couple of things. retail sales were weak. jobless claims. not good news there either. adam: liz claman have that @xclusive interview with the cisco ceo coming up later today. thank you for that. georgia is trying to dig out from its latest winter weather blast. fox news jonathan has

andh florida is growing growing. some said the pressure is already higher than from agriculture. everybody wants a piece of paradise and its water. good to see you. >> thank you for making the trip. >> he has been preparing for this day for weeks and the man in the yellow shirt is the star. clyde butcher is a legend among environmentalists. >> enlighten the public -- >> he was a county commissioner here for 24 years but lost the primary election in 2012. his opponent had hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign dollars at his disposal and big sugar provided a big part and he says the industry wanted to get rid of him because of his dedication to the everglades and he does not mix words. >> somebody like that is a hired organizationsing that are self-serving and they do not have the best interest of the long-term future. >> his experience with the sugar industry has led him to one conclusion -- there is no room in the compromise for the flight water.t for florida's >> it is about health, the economy, way more than just the economy. we have a 65 billion dollars tourism industry

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i will say there is some movement in the florida house, and there is some movement in the florida senateat least repair the law. my colleagues, senator chris smith, along with representative bruce antone from orlando, they're working to do just that. >> now, let me ask you, lisa, i want to show you a graph that really caught my eye. it shows justifiable homicides after stand your ground. here are the murders in florida from 2000 to 2005. in april of 2005, stand your ground was signed into law. check out the spike in homicides after stand your ground became law, lisa. tell me what the graph shows you. >> yes. well, it shows the huge increase in justifiable homicides. translation, people shooting and killing other people and getting away with it, without any legal accountability. and i have a chapter about this in my book. it's not just florida. you see that pattern repeated in all the stand your ground states. and you don't see it in the nonstand your ground states where the numbers stay roughly flat. so we are talking about a real body count here. >> so let me stop you right there. the g

>> well, florida law, when you read all the florida law to the jury, and some of it has to be read over and over again because there's multiple counts, it can be confusing. that is always a concern for a prosecutor because confusion is lead to reasonable doubt. so the prosecutor's job in closing argument is to really put all the evidence together, and show the jury how the law applies to the facts in this case, and warrants a conviction. of course the defense attorney's job is to show the jury there is reasonable doubt, this is confusion, there is lack of evidence or conflict in the evidence and that is probably some of the debate that's going on right now with this jury back in that jury room. >> and you and i talked about this earlier in the week, that the prosecutor did present to the jury that hey, the first degree murder count that could be second, why did she do that and what was sort of the reasoning presented there? >> well, in the evidence that i've seen presented in this trial it is my opinion, having been doing this for 27 years and i was a homicide prosecutor here in florida

i'm still here at lovely santa rosa, main unit, here in milton, florida.ot exactly the best place in the world to be, so i would not advise anyone out there coming in -- i know i have a lot of regrets. the food here is horrible. so is the daily schedule. it's pretty boring. i work in laundry here, five days a week, monday through friday. i'm a sewing machine operator. nothing too glamorous about it. >> santa rosa's laundry plant is a sea of blues and whites. sheets and blankets. about 60 loads of laundry gets washed, dried and folded here every workday. the inmates who shoulder the burden put in eight hours, just like a job on the outside. and should one of them ever tire of the job, there are plenty of others eager to replace them. >> i get about 70 to 80 work requests, i want to work in the laundry, a week. of course, we're only authorized 18, so. it's a highly coveted job and position here at santa rosa. they're not getting paid. they get game time for their pay, but they like working here. it's a good atmosphere, a good environment. we attempt to recyc

north florida democrat.hen brown was elected in 2011, he became jacksonville's first democratic mayor in 20 years, first african mayor in city history, and you did it by winning support from the republicans in the business community. warden getting a reputation for working across party lines. who knows? maybe he runs on charlie crist's ticket, or alone in 2018. next up, gwen graham, running for congress in florida's 2nd district, a north florida seat. for that reason, she'll have a tough time to win that seat. but if she does and then expect her as somebody with her own famous family name, of course, the daughter of former governor and florida senator bob graham. if she can win that seat, she'll have the best of both worlds, a seat in north florida, along with our dad's south florida roots, and the state i.d., and may become the front-runner for the senate seat in 2016. and val demmings, currently running for mayor of orange county, there on the i-4 corridor. she was a social worker who joined the orlando po

i drove around south florida. pick out 200 or 300 young men that looked identical to the person seen on that tape. so, any identification made of pablo was truly impossible to be made from that grainy tape. >> pablo -- >> authorities conclude otherwise and he's charged with three counts each of first degree murder. detectives are less certain about alex hernandez's involvement after an associate identifies him not as hernandez, but another member of their social network, 21-year-old seth. >> they showed him the photos. he says that's not aybar and him. he didn't really know my client. he knew him loosely and never really liked him. he puts him into the mix. >> an ex-girlfriend links him to the man in the hat and glasses. >> my thinking at the time is okay, they want to talk to him. i'll turn myself in. i didn't have anything to do with it. i didn't have nothing to run from. >> they see the clothes and the car, do forensic work, dna, fingerprints, anything they could do back then. it turned up to be nothing. >> the

you introduced him in florida and you said ladies a and gentlemen please give a warm florida welcometo president barack obamament he walked out towards me. both of us smiled. the applause was just about frantic. we shook hands. the new president leaned fard and gave me a hug. reach, pull, release. as hugs go, it wasn't anything special it was over in a second, less than that. it is the kind of hug that says hey, good to see you man, thanks for being here. the kind of hug i had exchanged with dhous and thousands of floridians over the years. i didn't think a thing about it as it was happening but that simple gesture ended my ca kears a-- itting chad the rest of my life, reach, pull, release. chooers plaus. >> that's what happened. unbelievable. >> stephen: reach, pull, release. >> yeah. >> stephen: are those the three words you want to use when you are talking about the president of the united states. >> maybe not. maybe not, no, but-- . >> stephen: why do you think tended it for you? >> several reasons, i think. number one, if he was there to talk about the recovery act. the stimulus

florida is struggling. the representative was behind a bill that went into effect that she said helped to streamline the foreclosure process. we said to the lenders don't file a foreclosure unless you have your dugs in a row. >> she says it's taking so long. the fact that both sides, banks and borrowers have been stalling. >> they are not in the business of being property owners. there was no market for them to sell the property. the longer they have to keep it off the books might have been better for them. >> the unemployment rate is the lowest in eight years, and home prices are appreciating. the most homes in a month to hit the market in 39 months. it's a good time for banks to unload and get sold, particularly at the auction block where the winning bidders pay with cash. >> but it could have mixed results. >> it's a lot of properties and will continue to be a drag on home values and prices. even though there is an uptick in foreclosed homes, it will take years before the hundreds of thousands of homes m

unos 850 mil cubanos américano viven en miami dade y sur de la florida >>esto demuestra que el tema deu voto no es importante a la hora de la normalizacoin >>este legislador dice le ha recomendado a barack obama que actue. también admiten la presión de negociantes en este país >>estamos sentados en el banquillo mientras nuestros sociios europeos entran a cuba e invierte >>seis de diez personas favorecen cambios ,que se nombre enviados especiales para cuba, eliminar al país en la lista de países que favorecen el terrorismo y otras medidas >>una vez que los encuestados entienden que las violaciones de derechos humanos en cuba, el resultado es que ellos entienden que no es momento de cambiar la política >>en ese caso el apoyo cae 50% y el 51% favorece la política actual. >>esto se mantiene en el congreso y solo aquí puede derogarse, por ahora no ha hay suficiente apoyo >>y univisión se convirtio en el primer medio en lograr una entrevista con george zimmerman contesta preguntas sobre el polemico caso que provoc protestas e indignacion >>generó un sinnumero de protestas en el país, el vere

fake or florida? >> definitely florida. >> bingo! >>> today, a "deep dive" into the politics of cuba and rumblings about a shift in u.s. policy toward the communist nation. after president obama came into office, he loosened travel restrictions pretty quickly for cuban-americans, a move that seemed to open the door for more substantial across-the-board reforms, but it never happened, at least not yet. that's despite the fact that president obama has repeatedly dropped hints of changing or ending the 52-year-old trade embargo, says cold war politics didn't make sense in the 21st century. for decades, that kind of talk had been off-limits. cold war style thinking had made cuba a third rail of foreign policy, particularly in florida politics. but now, it seems the politics may be changing. there's no better test case that florida's high-profile governors race. earlier this month, a little bit of a surprise when the democratic candidate, charlie crist, told bill maher, i don't think the embargo worked. it's obvious to me we need to move

florida must be ground zero to turn this law around. because even though unlike the zimmerman case, he will likely go to jail. and he has been convicted of something. he still has been acquitted of murder, or manslaughter, not acquitted as a hung jury, of murder or manslaughter. there has been no way that we see, with the sta"stand your ground" law in the books that you deal with the value of a young black male's life. i think this sends a chilling effect to anybody, particularly people of color, but anybody in those 23 states that have this law. >> you know, we're looking at a picture of jordan davis right now. a fresh young face. he would be 19 years old tomorrow. if you were able to speak with his family today, what would you say? >> i would say to them that they must continue as trayvon martin's family has and others to address the law that put them in this kind of position. i talked a few minutes ago to bishop rooney down in jacksonville, who's in the courtroom, who's on our national -- actually national board, and he's with the fa

now our families and florida and across the -- in florida and across the nation are cronlting a manmade cry sills -- are confronting a manmade crisis, created unintentionally by past acts of this congress. mr. speaker, an economic storm is brewing. just ask my constituents, the woodlaws, who live in a modest home in lauderdale by the sea. they've paid off their mortgage and now pay $2,400 a year in flood insurance. now, because of congress' past actions, they face a $12,000 bill for the same coverage that they cannot afford and now they are one flood away from financial disaster. our constituents, like the woodlaws, are facing skyrocketing jumps in flood insurance premiums unless we act now, mr. speaker, and take up the bipartisan homeowner and flood insurance affordability act. mr. speaker, a storm is brewing . thank you, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i reserve the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield 30

the state of florida.ave you with us tonight. you met with students yesterday at the university of florida. what was your response on the ground there when they were told this wasn't going to be happening in 2014 on their turf? >> they couldn't believe it. they couldn't believe that the governor, that rick scott and his administration would have the audacity to say that we're not going to allow you to vote on campus at the university of florida. obviously a lot of young people, probably people who are more inclined to vote democratic instead of republican, but that's exactly what has happened. they're trying to suppress the vote. they're using every means possible to do that. and when you think about it, ed, if you're on the team where if you have less people vote, that gives you a better chance to win, you're on the wrong team. i mean, it's unconscionable that anybody would try to thwart the ability of americans to have the right to vote. people have died for that right, after all. yet they would stand in

the quelt from florida. mr. hastings: i adrise the gentleman from utah, i'm the last speaker i'm prepared to close if he's prepared to close. he's probably delighted i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: i'm surprised my friends across the aisle don't recognize the irony inform bringing these bills to the floor heat same time the california water bill is an acknowledgment of how important clean water is while the public lands bill undermines our ability to keep that water clean. it would be funny fit weren't absolutely the truth of the matter. finally mechanic, meteorologists are calling the high pressure zone at the root of the drought in california the ridiculously resilient ridge. in that spirit, one could say that republicans resistance to extending unemployment insurance, fixing our aging infrastructure, raising the debt ceiling, fixing flood insurance and passing comprehensive immigration reform is also a resilience worthy of the same adverb. i believe t

you've written about florida's stand your ground law.tion fail in your estimation in the dunn case? >> well, i think the prosecution is actually getting a very uncharitable response. i mean, first-degree murder is a very hard burden of proof to meet. there's no bright line standard for premeditation. i don't think they so much failed to do their job as they are really just kind of prevented for using some resources because of the florida stand your ground law. because of the way in which it really reverses the burden of proof. in florida under the stand your ground law, instead of -- instead of mr. dunn or mr. zimmerman having to prove that their actions were just, it's the state's burden of proof to prove that they were fundamentally unjust. and that is -- that is turning our esteem of ordered liberties and our understanding of self-defense under the english common law fra diggs fundamentally on its head. that's the real issue here. i think if they retry this case they may want to redirect their energies toward second degree murder. fir

the golden era of the florida legislature. very few votes were partisan at all, even with marco rubio as the speaker. it was really good. what i wanted to do was try to take some of that cooperative spirit to this town, to washington, d.c. they need it now more than ever. i wasn't successful in that effort. it didn't work out. but, you know, maybe god has another plan, and here we are. >> do you have a democratic primary. there is another democratic candidate, buddy mckay, endorsed your opponent, nan rich. do you think you'll debate her? >> i don't think so. she polls about 4%, something like that. >> you think she should drop out? >> that's up to her, not me. that's not for a decision. i don't tell people what to do. i don't tell women what to do, least of all. i think it's important we focus on rick scott. that's the problem in florida. this guy has decimated education. he's hurting the environment. his ethics are in big question. this is the guy, of all, chuck, who headed a health care company that got the largest fine for

healey down in duval county in jacksonville, florida. and we were speaking to hln host nancy grace before the question came in, and now nancy, you may have more of a perspective now that you have heard from the judge and the jury. >> well, i could give you a lot of legal jargon right now, but what it boils down to is that they are hung on count one, murder charge. they can't agree on murder, seco second-degree murder or voluntary, and they don't agree on any of that and they cannot reach a compromise verdict on the lesser included charges. sounds like they have to look at the other counts which are attempted murder on each of the other three boys in the car, and the fifth count is firing on the vehicle. what is stumping me though is that if they accept eed dunn's self-defense, and most court watchers agree that jordan davis did not have a gun, and he was a kid going out to the mall that night, and if they accept michael dunn's self-defense theory, this is acquittal outright, because if you are defending yourself, you have a right to fire

south florida is particularly vulnerable because medicare is lowest payer in south florida.ses can't afford to keep doors open to take care of medicare patients. >> you say cuts will keep coming and seniors will be affected no. >> if doctors are not arouud they won't get health care. doctors provide care, not insurance plans. >> jason goldman, thank you very much. apologize for coughing. i have a bit of a cold as i stand next to a doctor, gerri. here is the situation we found there is lot more to come, governor, senator marco rubio both believe they have to go it alone just like they did when they took the fight against obamacare all the way to the supreme court. we'll cover a lot more of this tomorrow we'll take a different turn here in miami. we'll be at miami international boat show, gerri tomorrow. i have to say excuse me as i have a cold, hotels because of all flights been canceled because of bad weather in northeast, unfor the lay a lot of crowds they were expecting is not showing up. economy in florida, have issue, gerri. back to you. gerri: thanks for that. great rep

and i thank my colleague from florida. mr. speaker, as proud as i am of this legislation, i realize its passage on friday will not be front page news. i understand that, quote, bipartisan group of lawmakers ban together to close technical loopholes in umra" isn't exactly a rivetting headline, but what we're doing here is important. in congress we often focus our energy and attention on those issues that are most divisive and controversial. there are real substantive disagreements between the two parties and among the american people. but congress must do the hard things and every now and then we get an opportunity to do something easy. this should be easy. the reforms in this bill are low-hanging fruit. these are modest reforms supported by republicans and democrats alike. some of these changes merely codify sdemreck tiff orders issued by the -- executive orders issued by the last two democrat presidents. some of my colleagues have suggestions for improvement and have offered amendments to this bill. great. these will be discu

only 34% approval of the folks down in florida. compared to 51% who disapprove of what's going on with his administration. scott has made a career out of attacking poor people in the state. he caused outrage after passing a law to drug test welfare recipients. he refused to extend medicaid. the people of florida, they have lost trust in this guy across the board. his poll numbers show it and he's failing on all fronts. charl charl charlie crist called him out. >> i'm told by friends that means six people in florida die every day as a result of that. >> people are dying and it's the fault of not expanding medicaid. >> that's right. >> if it's all about trust, pick the winner here. who do you think is the real winner? the reason why republicans are talking about trust is each one of these guys can't be trusted whatsoever and they know it. this is supposed to be the big pinch out in the field for the republicans. people of florida clearly didn't trust rick scott running their state. he did the wrong thing by not expanding medicaid. le

is the classic -- tim russert used to say florida, florida, florida. states that really does tell you where we're headed. >> right. >> in fact, in the days of falling chads, new york had new york accents, southern accents, all kinds of people. >> we have it all. >> what percentage of the party that you were in is hopelessly tea party, angry at the world, won't change, can't stand obama, doesn't want to think anymore? >> maybe 25, 30%. >> then why is the tail wagging the dog? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> because it is here in washington with boehner. is boehner the boss? he ought to drop immigration the other day because the tail is wagging him. >> they ought to have the courage to stand up and say enough is enough. >> you're a politician. to answer the question, why is the tail wagging the dog in your old party? >> i can't answer illogic. >> you can answer. >> i'm serious. i can't. i can understand things that make logical sense to me. i can not give an answer to something that doesn't make any sense to me at all there are a lot of good repub

our dave owens is slumming in florida >>> and welcome back to vieira, florida, everybody. i want to show you the beautiful facility we have here on site. as you move off to my right- hand side, this is the facility the nats have been working out of. you see the big old curly w there? they've been here almost 10 years. they do everything inside there. they work out and play on the opposite side this, facility tucked into the community. you see that beautiful community out there in the distance and, of course, the ball fields where they do most of their work on the afternoon. let's give you some of the pictures as we paint the scene here in vieira, florida. this is sort of an idea of what goes on here every afternoon. let me show you some of that video. there's a convoy of vans and golf carts that take the team over to the practice field. not just bats and balls. the nats do a lot of nontraditional stretching and core work and matt williams donned a glove and the manager shagging some rocks this afternoon. nice catch, coach, way to go. one of the vets who showed up adam laro

breaking news out of jacksonville, florida.ictures of the duval county courthouse. jurors in the loud music murder trial sent a note e to the judge saying they have reached a verdict in 4 of the 5 counts against this man, this is michael dunn. but they say they are dead locked on the charge of first-degree murder. dunn is charged with the murder of 17-year-old jordan davis. after an argument over loud music.

like it or lump it in florida.the law and that's what the jurors are going to be asked to do. if you were a reasonable person would you feel due to the same thing. >> you know, carol, the law even has a name for inappropriate behavior after a shooting like this. it is called consciousness. if you flee the scene, that's consciousness of guilt. here, somebody going to a hotel and checking in and ordering a pizza, certainly doesn't sound like he is acting appropriately. >> so that's something the jury will look at. >> one other point, carol, as to ashleigh's point, there is no indication he knew he killed anyone. going back to reasonableness? you have a semiautomatic. you are pulling it. you are intentionally doing it. you fire off ten rounds. nine hit the car. you speed off. do you have no knowledge at all that no bullet hit anything. wouldn't you want to stop, seek it out? wouldn't you want to know what damaged, if any, you caused? >> i think that's what the jurors are thinking about as they hear this unfold. >> i a

in florida, almost every -- not almost, every single criminal case in florida has a six-member jury. the only exception is first-degree murder where you have 12 jurors. so what these questions mean to me is you have 12 people back in that room, and various opinions are being put forth, various arguments are being made, and they're looking at each piece of evidence very carefully. sometimes to get a consensus in the room, you know. there is all kinds of things that this jury is taking a look at. so what it means to me is that they're being thorough. well want jurors to take a look at the evidence. there are very important stakes here. there has been a child who has been killed, a teenager dead, and there is a man on trial for his life. so we want jurors to be thorough and examine the evidence and be convinced beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt. and they're doing their jobs, in my opinion. >> now, faith, i want to go back to that letter, because that caught my eye. the letter the jury asked for was one dictated to his brother in june of 2013, after the shooting. the

it filters throughout everything in florida. that's how we think, that you can shoot first, and ask later. it is a traditional self-defence case, where he said "i had a right to defend myself in the circumstance, because this young man was reaching for a weapon" stand your frowned is procedural, where you say i don't need to go to trial. he chose not to do it. george zimmerman chose not to do it in ta case here this was good old-fashioned defence, and the jury was hung up on that. it kicks up things reminiscent of stand your ground. >> aloha said: >> does this verdict set a dangers precedent for the other 22. >> the real problem in these states and across the country is there's an increasing sense where people have a permit to carry and a culture of shooting first and asking later. there has to be a middle ground, where we don't have to tell our children to be afraid to play their music loudly. >> are all children aring to be afraid. >> no. we see an uptake in homicide. most black men are at risk. >> it's 50 jeers since emit too